Electron Microscopy Research Group

The Group has two transmission electron microscopes JEM-2000EX from JEOL (Japan), scanning electron microscopes JSM-840A and JXA-6400. These microscopes are equipped with an X-ray dispersion and wave spectrometer for massive samples (SERIES II from Noran) and thin foils (INKA ENERGY TEM 200 from Oxfords Instruments), a system for analyzing the crystallographic structure of massive polycrystalline samples using the method of registration of back-reflected electrons (EBSD) (INKA CRYSTAL 300 from Oxfords Instruments). The laboratory also has equipment for making samples for both transmission and scanning electron microscopes. This is a device for electrolytic thinning of metal samples "TENUPOL 5" from STRUERS, a device from GATAN for thinning by ion bombardment of non-conductive samples.